[Wylug-discuss] Natwest online banking

[Lanfranco Gandolfo]

On Thursday 15 January 2004 22:35, you wrote:
> Hello everybody! (This is my first post to a wylug list, I'm hoping to
> show up maybe at the next meet...)
>
> On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 17:07, Lanfranco Gandolfo wrote:
> > is anybody else in the same situation as I am, not capable of doing
> > their online banking with Natwest, because they insist on IE?
>
> I have been in the past! Also until recently several others sites (Argos
> et al) were insisting on IE too.
>
> I can't vouch for it working with the Natwest site but you could try
> this addon for Mozilla which allows you to quickly switch the User-Agent
> header the browser sends with each request:
>
>      http://chrispederick.myacen.com/work/firebird/useragentswitcher/
>
> It would be interesting to know exactly why Natwest are insisting on IE.
> Do they really think because Mozilla/Konqueror are open-source anybody
> who wants to could slip in extra Root CA certificates etc?
>
> Rob

I believe that now they (Natwest) have reached a point where they 'want'
to be convinced, if you know what I mean.
That is why I am looking for more Natwest customers to give them feedback on
this issue
Lanfranco